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Shriya Saran
Shriya Saran (born Shriya Saran Bhatnagar; 11 September 1982) is an Indian actress and model who works predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi cinema, as well as international and Malayalam productions.
Born September 11, 1982 Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India1 movie on MoviHero
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Shriya Saran (born Shriya Saran Bhatnagar; 11 September 1982) is an Indian actress and model who works predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi cinema, as well as international and Malayalam productions. Trained in Kathak, she appeared in the music video "Thirakti Kyun Hawa" by Renu Nathan before beginning her acting career. Saran made her acting debut in the Telugu romantic drama *Ishtam* (2001), followed by roles in *Santosham* (2002) and *Nuvve Nuvve* (2002). Her subsequent films include V. V. Vinayak's *Tagore* (2003), *Nenunnanu* (2004), S. S. Rajamouli's action film *Chatrapathi* (2005), and Shankar's Tamil film *Sivaji: The Boss* (2007). She made her Hindi leading debut in Mohit Suri's crime drama *Awarapan* (2007) and appeared in Susi Ganesan's superhero film *Kanthaswamy* (2009). Her English-language credits include James Dodson's *The Other End of the Line* (2008) and Deepa Mehta's adaptation of Salman Rushdie's *Midnight's Children* (2012). …
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She also appeared in Vikram K. Kumar's *Manam* (2014) and Krish Jagarlamudi's historical film *Gautamiputra Satakarni* (2017).
She portrayed Nandini Salgaonkar in Nishikant Kamat's crime thriller *Drishyam* (2015) and its sequel *Drishyam 2* (2022), both opposite Ajay Devgn. She played Sarojini in S. S. Rajamouli's *RRR* (2022), appeared in the multilingual period action film *Kabzaa* (2023), and played Mandira Mathur in Mihir Desai's drama series *Showtime* (2024). Her later credits include Karthik Ghattamaneni's Telugu fantasy adventure *Mirai* (2025), Karthik Subbaraj's *Retro* (2025), and the space drama series *Space Gen: Chandrayaan* (2026).
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- 2026SandakariMaya Azhagan
- 2026Awarapan 2Aaliyah Hamid
- 2025MiraiAmbika
- 2025RetroBlue Thorn
- 2023Music SchoolActor
- 2023KabzaaMadhumitha
- 2022Drishyam 2Nandini Salgaonkar
- 2022TadkaMadhura
- 2022RRRAlluri Sarojini
- 2021GamanamKamala
- 2020Sab Kushal MangalSpecial Appearance
- 2019N.T.R: KathanayakuduPrabha
- 2018Veera Bhoga Vasantha RayaluNeelima
- 2018PhamousLalli
- 2018GayatriActor
- 2017Paisa VasoolSarika
- 2017NakshatramSpecial Appearance in "Time Ledu Guru"
- 2017Anbanavan Asaradhavan AdangadhavanSelvi
- 2017Gautamiputra SatakarniVashishthee Devi
- 2016OopiriPriya (Cameo)
- 2015DrishyamNandini Salgaonkar
- 2015Gopala GopalaMeenakshi
- 2014ManamRama Lakshmi / Anjali
- 2014ChandraMaharani Ammanmani Chandravathy
- 2013PavithraActor
- 2013Zila GhaziabadSpecial Appearance in "Chhamia No 1" Song
- 2012Life Is BeautifulParvati
- 2012Midnight's ChildrenParvati
- 2012Nuvva NenaActor
- 2012Gali Gali Chor HaiNisha
- 2012CasanovvaSameera Zacharia
- 2011Rajapattaispecial appearance
- 2011RowthiramPriya
- 2010Chikku BukkuAnu
- 2010Uthama PuthiranKalpana (Guest Appearance)
- 2010Komaram PuliSpecial Appearance in "Dochey" Song
- 2010Don SeenuDeepu
- 2010Pokkiri RajaAswathy
- 2010Kuchh KariyeAlpana
- 2010Cooking With StellaTannu
- 2010JaggubhaiMonisha Jagannathan
- 2010KuttyGeetha
- 2009KanthaswamySubbulakshmi
- 2009ThoranaiIndhu
- 2009Ek: The Power of OnePreet Kaur
- 2008Mission IstaanbulAnjali Sagar
- 2008Indiralohathil Na AzhagappanActor
- 2007Azhagiya Tamil MaganAbhinaya
- 2007ThulasiSpecial Appearance in song "Ne Chuk Chuk Bandini"
- 2007The Blue UmbrellaBinya's friend
- 2007AwarapanAaliyah
- 2007Sivaji: The BossTamizhselvi Ramalingham
- 2007MunnaActor
- 2007The Other End of the LinePriya R. Sethi
- 2007ArasuCameo
- 2006Thiruvilaiyaadal AarambamPriya
- 2006BaabulCameo Appearance
- 2006BossSanjana G. Khanna
- 2006GameActor
- 2006BommalataActor
- 2006DevadasuActor
- 2005BhageerathaShweta
- 2005ChatrapathiNeelu
- 2005Mogudu Pellam O DongoduActor
- 2005MazhaiShailaja
- 2005Subash Chandra BoseActor
- 2005SoggaduActor
- 2005Sada Mee SevaloSuryakantham
- 2005Naa AlluduMeghana
- 2005BaluPriya
- 2004Shukriya: Till Death Do Us ApartSanam K. Jindal
- 2004ArjunRoopa
- 2004NenunnanuAnu
- 2003Enakku 20 Unakku 18Reshma
- 2003TagoreDevaki
- 2003Neeku Nenu Naaku NuvvuActor
- 2003Ela CheppanuPriya
- 2003Tujhe Meri KasamGirija
- 2002Nuvve... Nuvve...Anjali
- 2002Chennakesava ReddyPreeti
- 2002SantoshamBhanu
- 2001IshtamNeha
- DharmanActor
- Non ViolenceActor
- Untitled Comedy FilmActor
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